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Personal info

Full name
MCMONAGLE, James W
Date of birth
12 September 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33105337
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
609th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Wirschweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 52

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. McMonagle (father)
Helen M. (Watson) McMonagle (mother)
Anna E. McMonagle (sister)
Charles McMonagle (brother)
Cornelius A. McMonagle (brother)
Charles J. McMonagle (brother)
Loretta McMonagle (sister)
William M. McMonagle (brother)
Helen M. McMonagle (sister)
Agnes McMonagle (sister)
Mary M. (Bunnion) McMonagle (wife)

More information

Sgt James W. McMonagle enlisted at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland on 31 October 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / FitzPatrick Family Tree, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.findagrave.com – MAJ Jimmy Cotton

Photo source: Peter Schouteten